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The historic hotel has furnishings created by such design greats as Charles and Ray Eames and Josef Hoffmann.

Zurich’s Widder Hotel, built on the site of Roman and Celtic ruins, comprises nine medieval houses decorated with 15th-century frescoes. Given its historic depth, it is not surprising that architect Tilla Theus’s painstaking transformation took more than ten years. Every room is individually styled to mix the past, represented in the unusual circular rooms and passages, which refer to the Roman well uncovered during construction; and the modern, seen in furnishings created by such design greats as Charles and Ray Eames, and Frank Lloyd Wright. The Widder Bar offers over 300 single-malt whiskeys and is well-known in the jazz world, presenting stars like Diana Krall and Benny Green during the bi-annual concert series. The Widder Restaurant, overseen by Dietmar Sawyere, serves a creative international menu.
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We Recommend

Best Restaurant for a Celebration

Café Boy

This bright, sleek restaurant has a casual but refined atmosphere and serves a wide selection of small plates, making it perfect for a group lunch or dinner. www.cafeboy.ch.

Best Newcomer

Clouds

This thoroughly modern restaurant on the top two floors of the Prime Tower—it’s the highest restaurant in town—serves inventive Mediterranean fare to go with its spectacular views. www.clouds.ch.

Top Architecture Find

FIFA Headquarters

The HQ of the International Football (Soccer) Association is a striking complex—all angles and glass—designed by the Swiss architect Tilla Theus. It’s surrounded by a beautiful park. FIFA-Strasse 20; www.fifa.com.

Best Cocktail with a View

Nietturm Bar

Have a fine glass of wine or a cocktail with views of the city in all directions at this contemporary bar in a glass cube atop the Schiffbau, the city’s former shipyard. www.nietturm.ch.

Best Restaurant Classic

Restaurant Kaiser’s Reblaube

Set in a lovely painted house from the 13th century, this restaurant exudes the atmosphere of old Switzerland; book one of the six tables in the Goethe-Stübli to enjoy seasonal cuisine in the writer’s former bedroom. www.kaisers-reblaube.ch.

Best One-Stop Shop

Schwarzenbach Kolonialwaren

At this beautiful 19th-century coffee shop, you can pick up fresh beans as well as tea, spices and a variety of gourmet food products. www.schwarzenbach.ch.

What to Buy

Sprüngli Chocolates

For nearly 200 years, Confiserie Sprüngli has been making some of the finest Swiss chocolates. Don’t miss the scrumptious, macaron-like Luxemburgerli. www.spruengli.ch.

Best Cultural Secret

Uhrenmuseum Beyer

One of the best museums in the world devoted exclusively to the art of clocks and watches, this spot is also affiliated with one of the city’s best watch shops, Chronometrie Beyer. www.beyer-ch.com.